100 Creatives Ends Today. Who's No. 1?

looming at the other end of the summer -- we came up with a wacky idea:

Let's find 100 arty types from around town. We'll ask them questions, have them share some work. We'll call it The Creatives, in honor of our "Best of" theme, superheroes.

Honestly, folks, it was that simple. We started tossing up the profiles as soon as we heard back from the artists, with no regard (really!) for order or anything more than putting someone interesting up every day.

Turns out, that was the easy part. At first, we weren't sure it would work. 100 -- that's a big number. We thought we might run out. No way. As we end this project, we realize -- in all sincerity -- that we could easily keep going. 1000 Creatives? Has a nice ring to it. But like all good things, this project is coming to an end -- to make way for more.

Oh yeah, you want to know who No. 1 is, don'tcha?

Find out after the jump.

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1: YOU. Er, Phoenix, really.

At the risk of being corny (and with a nod to TIME magazine), there's no way No. 1 could be anyone else. Truth is, we may have set ourselves up by counting down, but we're no VH1. And one thing we've learned from running a culture blog for four months is that we've got no shortage of material. We've found evidence of creativity every day, and not just as part of The Creatives. You're pretty cool, Phoenix. And we're really lucky.

Below are 100 Creatives, you included. Above is a new project we're kicking off, a series of limited edition Jackalope stickers designed by some more pretty damn creative people around town. You can find us downtown for this First Friday, handing a few of them out. Grab 'em, collect 'em, share 'em, stick 'em wherever. (We won't tell.)

It's been real, it's been creative ... it's even been real creative. And now it's your turn to show us what else you've got.